StudiVZ

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Studivz.net is very similar to Facebook, but primarily focuses on the German speaking market. The company was sold to Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, a German publishing group, for €100 million in January 2007.

Other investors of Studivz include the Samwer brothers, founders of ringtone company Jamba (sold for €270M) and Alando (sold to eBay for €43M in 1999).

As of July 2008, StudiVZ has 9 million active Users in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Users are on three Socialnetworks: StudiVZ (4.1M Users) SchülerVZ (4.9M Users) and MeinVZ (1.8M Users)

Milestones

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• 7/18/08 — Sued by Facebook for intellectual property infringement and accused of accused of running a “knock-off” of the social networking website.
• 2/28/08 — Start of MeinVZ
• 2/21/07 — StudiVZ started SchülerVZ, a Socialnetwork for Highschool Students.
• 1/3/07 — Acquired by investor Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, a German publishing group, for €100 million

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Sources

1. techcrunch.com [edit]
2. mehrblog.net (mehrblog.net) [edit]
3. studiVZ (static.pe.schuelervz.net) [edit]
4. techcrunch.com [edit]